Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1923, Page 46

WOMAN’S PAGE. SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON SHOPS BY ELENORE DE WITT EDBY. HE slender garland which was wreathed around milady's evening colffure early in the seacon has been replaced by larger and larger headdresses, until now. at the height of the social sea- son, the smartest thing to wear with an cvening frock is a close-fitting toque. Some of those displayed by the shops are gossamer creations of #pangled tulle which only lightly veil the carefully dressed tresses bencath, hut others are as substantial as many ‘hapeaux worn on the street. model sketched is of gold and tbbon. trimmed with jewels gleaming metal embroidery. Strips of the gold ribbon are used for the chic crown, which fits snugly over | | | | AND the colffure iike a cap, and they radi- ate from a | at the top. resem- bling fragile golden petals. Two nar row ribbon strands. one gold, the other silver, hold the petal ends to! the forchead and complete the| | T i | i | painted on a s | eollared DAN CHIFFON, ROCK __OF ORCHID LVER EMBROIDERED. pearls and tiny graceful design. Another evening headdress has & crown of fluffy bronze-colored tulle held in place by a bandeau of bronze metal cloth. Gold beads are scat- tered In profusion over hoth, with a lustrous pearl appearing here and there in the ornate pattern. A third chapeau for formal wear is of cloth of gold. with an upturned point at the center front, which sug- gests the Russian Inflience. Gay colored beads in tones of green, red, amber and purple sparkle against their brilliant background. while long, clustered loops of pearls fail at each side, to add the finishing touch, Of course, there are many adorable garlands of leaves and flowers offered by the shops for those who prefe: them, while wide bands of jeweled metal cloth and tiaras of brilliants form a tashion stepping stone from the girlish pastel wreath: to the elaborate evoning hats. Combs are also shown in un amazing veriety of colors and shapes, from those of pale amber beads in & carved fvory through a range of many- toned jeweled ones to the dignified halr ornaments of sparkling, somber jet. An unusual fan, which would be an effective @ccessory to AnY evening creation, is of heavy black net. deco- rated with hand-painting. The di- minutive figures in the design are cond piece of net, cut then appliqued on the fan while the remainder of is lightly brushed out and hackground, the design around them The evening {llustrated wrap has the merit of being both beautiful and ; the average. To be- the top. it is in soft fox fur. dved an inky black. Below this is a long blouselike drapery of silver-threaded fabric. which shades from delicate lavender at the shoulders to deep violet at the lower edge. The skirt part of the wrap is of rich purple chiffon velvet, lightly shirred just below the line where it joins "the blouse. Another effective evening cloak of sapphire-blue velvet., with an in- tricate pattern embroldered on the back panel In crystal and bugle eads. At first glance it seems #hat from description at different gin its i [the entire wrap is woven of scintil- | | TOQUE RIBBON OF ¢ FOR JLD AND FORMAL chapeau. The silver band, which is uppermost, is covered with a thread- | like tracery of gold embroidery, whila | the gold one je ornamented with &il- | ver, and both encrusted with | My Neighbor Says: Kerosene and keep the zine bright. After scouri above, wipe dry A cloth wood ashe a stov & with the hot water and under wash in o dipped in and wiped over poi ture will greatly appearance. linseed oil | Put the raisins in a basin end | | | shed furni improve its pour boiling water over them, Let them stand for a few min- utes, drain the off. and you will find ones Will squeeze out quite 11y thout taking away from the | | flayor When making small buns or | | cakes, flour the ting well in- | | stead of greasing them; this | | plan is much less expensive, and | | the cakes never stick to the tin. _To wash and dry tall lamp | | chimneys easily, get a long round bristie brush®put a cloth over the end, gather the corners in the hand with the wire han- dle and draw back and forth briskly a few times and the chimney is polished. If the brush fs wet and you want to polish the chimney. strip the brush through the fingers with a cloth, getting out as much = possible: put dry over and then you are to polish. ter that the ready Apples and Onions. Peel and slice some onions and fry the <lices in fat until they are a rich brown, hen drain them on soft brown paper. ‘ut some apples into quarters or slices and fry them in the fat in which the onions are fried. Heap the fried onions in the center of a platier, arrange the pisces of apple round them, seaso@ the whole with salt and pepper. and Rerve hot ¥ 1 [ 1ating brilliants, for they are con- spicuous on the rich velver surface which is revealed in its full beauty t each side. Wide Japanesa sleeve: half-velvet, half-silver cloth and a Ister collar add the uches The dance frock sketched is of ight orchid chiffon embroidered with silver flowers. The bloused bodice has diminutive ruffles of silver lace that give a suggestion of sleeves, and a_rounded neck cdged with cording. The skirt is gathered with a ruffied heading to a wide Egyptian girdle silver ribbon and it veils a traight foundation hordered in sil- ver A round clasp of pearis and rhinestones holds the girdle in place at the center front, sccenting the “King Tut" effect of its tightly drawn metallic folds. Pam's Paris Pestals PARIS, December 3.—Dear My letiers seem to he written charmipgly on my new paper. The r more initial{ note initial is placed on an open panel, or triangle, cut right out of the tationery PAMELA (Copyright, 1023.) Hominy Souffle. _Separate the yolks and the whites of three eggs and beat the yolks 1 Then mix together two cupfuls of cold cooked hominy, one-fourth cupful of rich milk, the egg volks, one teaspoonful of salt ' and one tablespoonful of melted butter. Beat the egg whites stiff, fold into the other ingredients, pour all into a buttered baking dish, and bake for about thirty Serve at once. Our Birds in Verse By Henry Oldys GOLDFINCH. Light notes are passing over, Subdued as whispered peccadillos: A gleam of gold breaks cover, « A figure gay and debonai Lightly discarding ev’ry Breasting imaginary billows— ir, care. Ah, lord of happy mood, Thou play’st the part of butterfly. Let others build and brood, _Thy irecdom thou w Till ironweeds their hue t not deny s assume, And chestnut trees have dropped tlteir 1. No blame shall fall from Thy way is different, Hold to thy liberty; When flattering with me. not wrong. a fluttering song. Or uttering notes of sweet content, Thou fill'st the heart wit! h sentiment. Ursula: htly. | minutes in a hot oven.! THE EVENING STAR Pop was smoking to himself and I was doing my lessins and ma was reeding the letter that came from my Ant Fanny toda ving to pop, | That baby of Fanny's is getting to | be Guite a noble caracter, according | to Fanny. | | Yes. and according to the manu- { fucturer theres a certain brana of i goods thats got all the others backed {off the map, pop scd. { Now Willyum youre prejudiced. ma sed, and pop sed. I adic it, T dont see how eny named Herbit can have eny reel nobility of caracter. | Well then jest lissen to wat Fann rites, ma sed. She rites, You have no ideer wat a wonderfill’ nature littley Herbit is developing for himself. He is the sole of generosity and wenaver he has a stick of candy he allways brakes it in 2 peeces and offers me the biggest peece. Yestidday jest for | fun I pretended T was going to accept | it wen he offered It to me and you jnever herd sutch a screeming and carrying on in all vour life, and 1 thawt it did him grate credit because it shows he knows even at his age Wwen someone is trying to take ad- vantage of him Haw, haw, ixcuse pop_ sed. Well lissen to wat she rites, ma sed. She rites, But one of his best indica- tions of ‘caracter is his kindness to dum animals. If he happens to be pulling the dogs tale, for instants, he allways stops imeeditly if the dog terns erround and looks at him in & certain way and shows his teeth, wich proves that he Feely wouldent hert the dog for the werld and he must have a very simpathetic streek in him. And then ony last nite he picked up his bowl of milk and offered it to a pefeckly strange cat. Of corse the cat was outside of the | fents and out of reetch, but the | principle Is the same. Help, ald, pop sed. And he got behind the sporting page and stayed there, 50 ma had to reed the rest of the letter to herselr. shion’) orecdsT 8 Arnabel Worthngton Dress for Schoolgirl. The swagger lines of this little coat dress are certain to delight the school girl. Ae shown, a serge and crepe combination was used, but it is also | a style that will look dectdadly well developed in a singie material The pattern comes in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 me while I laff, | e i finishing | | i I size, 11y yards 40-inch material with i1% vards 36-inch contrasting. Price of pattern, 15 centw, in postage {ntamps only. Orders should he ad- ;dl‘t wed to The Washington Star Pat- ! tern Bureau, 22 Enst I8th street, New *York city. Please write name and ad- dress clearly. Date and Honey Cakes. Beat one egg and chop one of dates. Mix together one-third {cupful of butter, one-third cupful of ipowdered sugar, one-third cupful of rained honey, one egz and a scant cupful of flour. Pour the dough into jn 1, fancy cake tins. spreading it very th Bake in a slow oven. If you wish, use a long, shallow pan instead of the sma tins. then cut il*e cake {n squares when baked. One cupful cupful of dates chopped must be floured and mixed with the other in- gredients, the same as raisins in| fruit cake. Another egg will make the cakes richer. Menu for a Day. BREAKFAST. Sliced Oranges and Bananas. Oatmeal with Cream Creamed Codfish. ‘Toast. Peach Marmalade Coffee. LUNCHEON Breaded Honeycomb Mustard Pickles Baked Potatoes, Hot Gingerbread. Whipped Cream. Coffee. ripe t DINNER Creamed Halibut Mashed Potatoes. Creamed Carrots. Fruit Salad. { Lemon Meringue Pie | Coffee. PEACH MARMALADE 1 Boil together three pounds of sugar and three cups of cold ! | water “fifteen minutes. Ada i twenty-four peaches cut up i | small’and boil one and one-half hours. Stir frequently so as not to burn. Put in Jjelly glasses and seal when cold. GINGERBREAD. Cream one-half cup of butter, add one-half cup of sugar and one beaten egg, one-half cup of sour milk and one cup of mo- lasses Dbeaten together and added to the mixture. Then prepare two cups of flour with one teaspoon of soda and one teaspoon of ginger and beat it gradually. Bake in a moderate oven and serve hot with whipped cream. FRUIT SALAD. Peel and cut three tart apples into dice and drop immediately into acidulated water to pre- vent discoloration. Mix to- gether one-half cup of finely cut celery, one-half cup of broken nut meats, one-half pound of white grapes cut In halves and seeded and the pulp of three oranges. Drain the ap- ple, dry in a napkin, add it to the othét ingredients and toss about lightly with a silver fork. Place in nests of crisp lettuce leaves and mash with cream salad dressing. {to ner. I\ we {Tovea Girl Who Is Dubious About Long Engagement. How Can Jealous Girl Keep Him in Love With Her?—Wife Who Would Like More Affection. AR MISS DIX: Please tell me wh DE DOROTHY DIX. survives the eight-year test. you can But if it doesn’t, you are both free you like. gther or not I should wait for a young man who has to go one more year to high school and five at college. At the best, it would be eight or nine years before he will be in a position to be married. There is no other boy whom I care for, and if you don’t think it foolish to waste all my time on this very nice young man, 1 should be content to wal SHIRLEY. Answor: A long engagement Is generally a losing investinent of time and affection for the woman, Shirley, and this is especially true when she engages herself to a boy. This lad to whom you are engaged will be a very different person eight years hence. By that time he will have developed from a boy into a man He will have had all the broadening experiences of college and new associations, Perhaps it will have changed him 80 much that he will no longer love you. Perhaps it will make him into the kind of man who will not appe to vou. So it seems to me a very foolish thing for you two to bind yourselves to do something that you may not want to do eight years from now. So why not be good friends without either “one mortgaging his or her future? If vour affection take each other for bétter or worse to make whatever other connectios Just There Is nothing out of which a woman gets as little happiness and as many heartache her in an awkward position where red herring—nelther wife nor to support her, and protect her, off from those of her own age. she spends her vouth and who often does come after he haw grown tired of her. even more filled itself. because both an authority they do not posses: fills tham with continual jealous: Nothing wears out romance cep Yourself free qf all man who isn't ready by one. to any Y DEAR MISS insanely jealous have regular dates DIX: I of him, see it. Whenever I find out that he him and make him break it When and going out with other girls he d T am the only girl. Should T conceal me T am just wrecking my s as out of a long engagement. sh marri and the attentions of other men and waiting for back and More with misunderstanding and the man and the woman try and the and nd rubs long engagement; and my earnest advice to vou is not to am deeply He does not on Sundays and gaged and he has a verfect right to go out with other girls, because he denfes that he goes with other girls when he re life by being jealous of him. To fish n with. it puts flesh, nor good has no husband vet she is cut the pleasures of neither geable maid to take her ahout; debarred from who may never come hack mérries her under compulsion than that. a long engagement is wrangling than matrimony to impose on each other uncertainty of their position ruspicion. the bloom a man off love as does a etter vourself bind Yourself DIX. entanglements, Don't to name the wedding day. DOROTHY and 1 steady, but arc not en- but I can't hax a date with another girl 1 phone T accuse him of making other dates enies it. and tries to make me think my jealousy? Do vou think he loves Iy does? love with come to Thursdays. in a am see. boy, v We RED REZD think. my cut love you. Answer: I should way and the shortest disiike you finstead of m & man &0 quickly wearics. For a little while it may much in love with i nd it may amnse him z hin to combat a through a third-degree nerves and he quite The fact that the young, s is no proof of love. Tt that £reen-cyed about man men mere! ponasa dear, to distllusion For there A &0 unattractive as a jealous fury, nor is there any torment her Hut these diversions soon pall, and when it woman's eternal everything he does, deceives that the 1 surest him the of ye were taking the ng man and make no other woman in other woman is flatter a man’s vanity to think that a woman to of she imagines every by playing other woman upon her fears comes and to ®ets upon being put the man’s &uspicions it you about that you his other make him engage- 1y means lie tn man always will lie to & woman to save a scene The onl¥ cure for jealousy is to cultivate conceit and cor Try that to conquer your inferforit You would not be jealou th e more attractive Then use a little gray matter. chance can vou be the only woman women. and pretty women, and fasc than the man you love will always be exposed to their tei have to trust to luck and to your own powers of fascination from other women, or by reproaching You Kkeep him away attention to other women Above never l and the s all, a man_know complex, for that isx What jealousy of other women unless you sceretly vou are. Recognize the fact that by in the world. ating women There will and vamp wome tations te when ha pays the better 1t s im ooner you realize this, ou are jealous of him an admission of your own lack of charm, and it is the surest way to alienate him from you: I am married to EAR MISS DIX: . DOROTHY DIX a man whom 1 love very much and I have the dariingest baby, but I am not sure whether my husband loves me or not thing to make him comfortable, Iike to be loved Answer: There are many would like to be loved. But this is give than to receive, and thoss who He moes away every night and leaves me alone. but he thinks that I should | keep & _good table and seve lots of | please him he gets in & bad temper and says cruel things to wives like you Not to be loved is a misfortune, but not to love !s a tra 1 do every- able money, and when everything dossn't 1 would WIFE. LONELY ce poor little Lonely Wife. your comfort—it is more blessed tc love are happier than those wio are edy. DOROTHY DIX TREES OF WASHINGTON BY R. A. EMMONS. CHRIST'S THORN—ZIZYPHUS VULGARIS. This is a small or medium sised tree of southern Europe and of southern and eastern A called Christ’s thorn, though this name i8 more properly applied to another epecies of the same genus which Is supposed by some to have furnished the crown of thorns that was placed on the head of Christ before his crucifixion, a small prickly tree of north Africa and western Asia, Zizy- phus Spina-Christi. But this is a little more that a surmise. There is another small prickly tree native to the same country which is com- eting__ for this honor—Paliurus Sph‘ll-ChHlLl- the Jerusalem thorn, also called Christ's thorn. Thou We have no evidence as to the origin of this crown of thorns, even the possibility. of these trees' implica- tion is of Intere: Zizyplus vnlg-ris is a slender-branche ornamental tre reaching to h"{‘“ of thirty f that is grown chiefly for its han some foliage. Though the fruits are edible, they arey &cid and seldom eaten. The tree varies In' being prickly or unarmed and some of the larger prickles are over an inch long; they are modified stipules. There fs a variety, Inermis, which is com- pletely “devoid of thorns. The £lendér branchlets are often in dense clusters. The lcaves are two-ranked, alternate, slender egg-shaped, sharp pointed or obtuse, serrate, with smai teeth, three-quarters to two Inche: long, with three prominent veins, and on short stems. The little yellow flowers are borne in small, dense clusters in the axils of the leaves. They appear In March to June. The fruits resemble the olive. They are one-half to three- uarters inch long, nearly globular, rk red to almost black, on short stalks. The tree. illustrated is growing about 100 yards south of the Capitol. It {8 labfled. There are several other specimens of -this interesting itol, several of which are labeled. In Alabama it has become natural- ized and may be found growing wild. All of the forty specimens of Zizy- phus are tropical and subtropical plants and thrive better farther to the south. to having | tree In the grounds around the Cap- | , WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1923. Danny Finds a Queer Log. Recklessnos has no excuse, And for it you should have mo use. —O0ld Mother Nature. Danny Meadow Mouse was reck- {less. Yes, sir, he was reckless. Had | he not been reckless he would have | gone back with nny Meadow Mouse to the safety of their home in} ithe great man-bird. It was curios-; ity that made Danny reckless. Curi- osity very often makes people reck- less. I just tingled all over with ruriosity to see more of this wonder- ful Sunny South and the people who lived there. "1 an go bhack to that big man- bird any time.” said Danny to him- self as he hurried along. “My, how warm it is! I don't wonder that so many of the fcathered people come down here to spend the winter. I WATER, Y LY1 CLOSE_TO THE oI DISCOV ON THE BANK ERED AN OLD LOG. { wish Mother Niturc hadn't me my winter coat before 1 left home. It {8 uncomfortable down | e A summer coat would be {much more comfortable.” t despite his recklessness Danny at the same time cautious. He kept his eyes and his ears wide open, and he took great care mot to cross any open places, If he could help It. For some time he traveled without seeing anybody. And so at last he came to the bank of a stream 1Tt really was a river. le could o {no farther in this direction without ewimming, and, while he could awim. he had no desire to swim fin strange water. 2 Close to the water, Iying on the bank, Danny discovered an old log. | At least, that is what he thought it was. It wae & big log, and it lay out in the sun. Danny likes to explore old logs. Often they arc hollow and make the very best of hiding places. “Just Hats” By Vyvyan. siven was Silver and Royal Ermine. By Thornton W. Burgess. Rea] -, BaRing Powder vValue means Perfect Results at ‘Less cost From where he was Dauny couldn’t tell whether or not this old log was hollow. Ho was tired. He wanted a safe place m_which to curl up and take a nap. If that log was hollow it would be just the p The only lhlng he didn't like it was the fact that it lay right in the open. 8o Danny sat right where he was hidden under some broad leaves. an trisd to get up courage enough to run over and have a good look at that old log. But he didn't know what sharp eyes might he watching him. And so he couldn’t quite make up his mind to take a chance It was a queer-looking log very big in the middle and larger end had w looked like stubs of branches, one on cach Further back we) two more, an then that log became smaller amd smaller until it ended in what looked like a sharp point. It was brown, and seemed to be covered with rough bark. The longer he looked at the more Danny wanted to see it c Presently Danny noticed two other old logs floating in the water. ow, where_did those come nut- tered Danny to himself, don’t re- member secing them n 1 first arrived. Of course, the must have bean there. 1 guess I didn't really look at the water or I would have seen them. How p. eful It §s! 1| haven't heard or seen thing since ; I arrived to be suspiclous of. I'm sloepy and if there is a hollow in that old log it would be just the place to take a nap. 1 beileve [l | take a chan and find out | W, & about out | was r the wo You get this value in BJAVIES BAKING POWDER wi PPETIZING break- fast, luncheon or supper ready in a jiffy. Gorton’s famous “No Bones” Cod Fish mixed with boiled potato— nothing to do but fry. 1 WILL'SEND YOU THIS Mamma' Doll IN RETURN FOR A'SMALL FAVOR HE'S a chubby, cuddly baby doll — sixteen inches tall—with hair bobbed in the latest style—and_so pretty! Betty Lou is her name. 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